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Strengthening interparliamentary relations in the UK: first steps and possible future directions

Jack Sheldon and Hedydd Phylip discuss potential improvements to interparliamentary relations among the UK’s four legislatures, in the first blog from our Parliaments: Coming of Age? conference.

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November 2019 newsletter

In this month’s newsletter, we have the following announcements/information:

  1. Ideas for 2020 wanted
  2. Communications Officer vacancy
  3. #Parl19 – Cardiff 2019
  4. Essay Competition 2020 – now open
  5. Recently on our blog

If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.

Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán (@S_Haughey)


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Essay Competition 2020

Launch of the PSA Parliaments essay competition 2020 for undergraduate students.

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The government’s refusal to release the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report into Russian activities against the UK is part of a worrying pattern of obstruction and delay

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced a report into Russian interference in UK politics, but it cannot be published without government approval. In a blog originally posted by Democratic Audit Andrew Defty explains that Number 10’s failure to release the report before Parliament was dissolved is the latest in a series of government actions that have hindered effective parliamentary scrutiny of the intelligence and security services. Reform to ensure the committee has greater independence from executive obstruction should be considered in the next Parliament.

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#Parl19 Conference recap – Parliaments: Coming of Age?

A recap of the PSA Parliaments annual conference Parliaments: Coming of Age, held at the National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff, on 7-8 November 2019.

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The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee: campaigning for the scrutiny of science at Westminster

Emmeline Ledgerwood celebrates the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee and its work to strengthen Parliament’s scrutiny of science.

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October 2019 newsletter

Image courtesy of Colin via Wikimedia Commons

In this month’s newsletter, we have the following announcements/information:

  1. Ideas for 2020 wanted
  2. New Project: The Scottish Parliament – A Graphic History
  3. Celebrating 40 years of departmental select committees
  4. New data resource – ParlRulesData
  5. Event: Do parliamentary e-petitions matter to MPs?
  6. Call for new PSA Chair
  7. Recently on our blog

If you have any notices / messages you would like us to circulate to the group, please let us know.

Best wishes,
Marc (@marcgeddes), Louise (@LouiseVThompson) Alex (@A_Meakin) and Seán (@S_Haughey)